Superman has died before and he will probably die again.
In front of the Daily Planet building, the two finally exchange lethal blows.
Unsurprisingly, sales fell off for the rest of the arc.
Thats before the real Kal-El makes his inevitable return, because comics.
And that has definitely been reflected in the disproportionate amount of times it has been adapted since then.
The trouble is, for all that its an iconic story, its not an especially interesting one.
This followed in the first animated adaptation too.
Do you bleed?
Thats why the third act introduction of Doomsday feels like a hat on several other hats.
Beset by unimaginable production difficulties,Justice Leagueclearly isnt the film it was originally intended to be.
An iconic story?
In a way, thats the nub of the problem withThe Death Of Supermanin retrospect.
Some readers called the whole story a publicity stunt once Superman was resurrected at the end of the arc.
If you read and enjoyed the comic and felt the impact of that story, that probably seems reductive.
read more: Does Superman Have a Future in the DCEU?
The fact that he dies and returns doesnt make him more human.
It makes him more like Jesus.
